Mortgage technology

When devising a mobile strategy, firms should pay close attention to three strategies that will help their mobile development succeed.

New technology and approaches are making automated valuation models more accurate.

Mass Companies is listing 23 bank-owned Michigan properties that total $9.7 million for auction next week on its website.

Property valuation compliance requirements are challenging lenders and servicers as much as home price fluctuations.

Regulatory pressures have given the mortgage industry headaches along with a renewed motivation to create more efficient solutions.

As Fannie Mae's July 1 deadline approaches, lenders and servicers must meet the GSE's requirement to satisfy homeowners association claims in order to preserve their first lien position.

If you are uncertain on the future of your LOS and vendor partners and feel like you are navigating a landscape that you can barely recognize, you are not alone. The good news is that you have options.

Wil Armstrong, CEO of Blueberry Systems and chairman of Cherry Creek Mortgage, discusses how origination technology can help lenders' retained servicing strategies.

Are the instructive lessons of the past sufficiently integrated into current industry business models and strategic planning?

A new Lender Processing Services offering helps servicers match first and subordinate liens on a property to streamline the process of modifying mortgages for distressed borrowers.

Ellie Mae’s stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The stock has traded on the NYSE-owned American Stock Exchange since the Pleasanton, Calif.-based mortgage technology vendor’s $45 million initial public offering in April 2011.

There are redundant quality control measures used in the third-party origination process that might be resolved if market participants could overcome compliance concerns and trust issues and agree on a neutral, secure data platform or best practices, according to a recent industry discussion.

The housing crisis is one of the longest lasting effects of the economic recession, with home foreclosures continuing to stain our economy. As more homes enter and remain in foreclosure, the servicer (whether on its own or on behalf of the investor) is responsible for maintaining these properties per local and state regulations. And mobile apps have added a new tool servicers can use in the field.

Picking a new loan origination system is as much about the bells and whistles that it offers as it is the realization that your company for all intents and purposes is marrying its future to the vendor chosen.

When he first came up with the concept for LenderCity Home Loans just before the turn of the century, Gregg Harris ended up being a few years ahead of his time.

Wall Street investors are demanding new data and analytics to evaluate existing and new MBS deals.

Originators have been linking loan origination systems that don’t have certain e-mortgage capabilities to everything from document management systems and e-signature technology to electronic fax-receiving automation in the slow but inexorable transition toward the e-mortgage, something that is about to take another small but significant step forward this year.

Abhinav Asthana of Wipro Gallagher Solutions discusses mobile technology security concerns.

New regulations have, and are expected to continue to impact the commercial real estate mortgage servicing industry, while process redesign and technology implementations are helping organizations improve efficiency, expand offerings and in many cases, retain staff.

LemonDrop, a networking group for women mortgage industry professionals, held a reception at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix during the Mortgage Bankers Association’s technology conference in April.